The Cyclical Nature of Chores
Emma Wilkins' excellent piece "On Housecraft" in The Philosopher, discusses Helen Hayward's book, Home Work: Essays on Love & Housekeeping in such a compelling way as to provoke some thoughts…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Jonathan Freedland discusses how the Trump regime is systematically corrupting law, government and morality alike, while A.R. Moxon discusses the challenges of trying to…
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of December 8, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of December 8, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 8, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:On Trump’s Insults, Somalia’s Prime Minister Says ‘It’s Better Not to Respond’ Trump…
F-35 Lightning – guest post by former RCAF fighter pilot Erik Andersen
Former RCAF F-86 jet fighter pilot and air transport economist Erik Andersen has firm opinions on Canada's acquistion of Lockheed Martin F-35 single engine jet fighters. Here, he shares his…
Funday weekend addendum: Everybody has fun mocking Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize
I usually don't post on Sundays, but tonight I'm seeing so many great "prize" posts I have to share them: View on Threads View on Threads How to buy yourself…
United States of Armageddon
If American current events were a dystopian TV series we would all be saying this is over the top, no one can be this diabolically cruel and evil and dementedly…
Someone rescue me from Paw Patrol
As I’ve mentioned before (you remember, right?) my wife and I are taking care of our first grandchild, Johnny, during the day while his parents work. It’s mostly fun, sometimes…
Saturday Photo: Really Frosty Morning
Coldest morning so far. Like old times, the old timers say.
An Ode To Software Design Documentation
This is a departure from my usual discussions of politics, law, and current affairs - I want to delve into another area of interest for me - software engineering, and…
Alberta separatists have no intention of paying attention to legal rulings or the supreme law of the land
VANCOUVER – No sooner were Alberta separatists celebrating provincial Justice Minister Mickey Amerey’s secession-friendly Bill 14 for ending the court challenge that sought to block the Alberta Prosperity Project’s separation…
Tax Fairness Starts With The Forms
One of the anachronistic and unnecessary requirements of Canadians, Americans, and residents of many other countries at income tax time is the need to file their taxes.
Sunday Funday: Posts about Oh Canada, Trump Stupid, Wasted Raccoon, and the Passing Scene, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
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Governments Seizing Powers They Have No Right To
In Alberta recently the UCP government has written a number of laws which undermine the role of the courts as a check on power. There are several strategies that are…
The British Trump
LONDON – Is this Nigel Farage’s “grab ’em by the pussy” moment? For those who were asleep or in a coma in October 2016: one month before the U.S. presidential…
Violence In The Classroom
I am a long-retired high school teacher who saw his share of unpleasantness in the classroom, but the events currently transpiring across the country are nothing I ever had to…
A Thumbnail Roundup: America’s new National Security Strategy tells Europe and Asia to pound sand. But they still think they run the Western Hemisphere.
Tonight I saw great posts and commentaries on today's news. Warning: some of these are lengthy reads.America has released a new National Security Strategy (pdf link) - which is telling…